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Relating to the sales tax exemption period for clothing, footwear, and certain school-related items, the official text

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S.B. No. 1415

AN ACT

relating to the sales tax exemption period for clothing, footwear,

and certain school-related items.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 151.326(a), Tax Code, is amended to read

as follows:

(a) The sale of an article of clothing or footwear designed

to be worn on or about the human body is exempted from the taxes

imposed by this chapter if:

(1) the sales price of the article is less than $100;

and

(2) the sale takes place during a period beginning at

12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August [before the 15th day

preceding the uniform date prescribed by Section 25.0811(a),

Education Code, without regard to any exception authorized by that

section, before which a school district may not begin instruction

for the school year,] and ending at 12 midnight on the following

Sunday.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not

affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this

Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been

enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the

collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of

the liability for those taxes.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1415 passed the Senate on

April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 5, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1415 passed the House, with

amendment, on April 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 146,

Nays 0, two present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor
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